Episode 2: How can free software be any good?
Apr 03, 2009•40 min
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Episode description
The podcast starts with Speakeasy suffering a nationwide outage and the client calls to Freelock pour in.
John and Aaron talk about the value of free (and "Free") software. John goes in depth about BackupPC and how it can help avoid a data disaster.
John also talks about why developers might develop software for free and why some companies might pay for "Free"(i.e. Open Source) software to be developed.
Music by ShotgunLab
Links:
The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
BackupPC
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